RE: LeoThread 2025-04-10 18:21

Khan told CNBC's "Squawk Box" in early Jan. that she hopes the new Trump Administration won't give Meta a "sweetheart deal" in the FTC case after Zuckerberg's overtures to the White House.

Ferguson, however, has not indicated that the FTC plans to abandon its case, and in March, he told CNBC that his team has a "trial coming up" and that they are "pressing toward that."

"My job is to make sure that everyone is complying with the antitrust laws," Ferguson said. "And if they aren't, we go to court."

Ferguson is painting himself as an independent and is proceeding with trial outside of the broader political world, said George Hay, an antitrust law professor at Cornell Law School. Hay added that he's pleased that Ferguson appears to be moving forward with the case despite much of its progress occurring during the Biden Administration.